Hero
Artist: Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers

Narada Michael Walden produces most of this album by Mokshagun Clarence Clemons, known to the world as the Big Guy. His unmistakable saxophone that lifted many a Bruce Springsteen tune sounds like it was lifted right out of a Phil Spector session on Hero. "You're a Friend of Mine" by Jeffrey Cohen and Narada has Jackson Browne dueting on the... Read More

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Artist: Graham Parker & the Rumour
Anger: Classic Performances
Artist: Graham Parker
Greatest Hits - CAPITOL
Artist: Johnny Rivers

Greatest Hits is a budget-priced, ten-track selection of some of Johnny Rivers' hits, and while there are some essential items missing, it still functions as a good, affordable sampler, featuring such hits as "Memphis," "The Midnight Special," "The Seventh Son," "Secret Agent Man," "Baby I Need Your Loving," "The Tracks of My Tears" and "The... Read More

Welcome Home
Artist: 'Til Tuesday
Community Score: 5.00

It took a lot of guts and integrity for 'Til Tuesday to record Welcome Home. Hitting big with 1985's Voices Carry, Tuesday became known for a sleek, high-tech style of new wave, and it would have been easy enough for the Boston band to come out with a similar album for a follow-up. But instead of playing it safe, Tuesday gambled with inspiration... Read More

Little Creatures
Artist: Talking Heads
Community Score: 7.40

Talking Heads' most immediately accessible album, Little Creatures eschewed the pattern of recent Heads albums, in which instrumental tracks had been worked up from riffs and grooves, after which David Byrne improvised melodies and lyrics. The songs on Little Creatures, most of which were credited to Byrne alone (with the band credited only with... Read More

Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 5
Artist: Elvis Presley
Community Score: 9.67

Sixteen years after Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 4 and seven years after his death came volume five in the series, courtesy of Joan Deary, the first RCA executive to take a sensible, intelligent approach to handling the Elvis Presley library. The original ten-song LP has been expanded to a 16-song CD. Later country chart hits like "Moody Blue" work... Read More

Discover
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Community Score: 5.00

The album that launched Gene Loves Jezebel in America, Discover caught the British band perfectly poised between their post-punk gothy past and their arena future. The centerpiece was, of course, "Desire," the clarion cry of rock's late-'80s future, all yelps and pervasive riffs strafed by searing leads, and an insistent chorus that defied... Read More

Deep in the Heart of Nowhere
Artist: Bob Geldof

A year removed from his work organizing the Live Aid concerts to raise money and awareness concerning famine in Africa, ex-Boomtown Rat lead singer Bob Geldof released his solo debut. Deep in the Heart of Nowhere features a host of name performers ranging from Midge Ure (Ultravox) to Brian Setzer (Stray Cats) to Eric Clapton lending a hand. The... Read More